grounds (of tea and coffee)
Gate of the Celestial Rock Cave
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
(private) investigation company; research agency
soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)
festival (esp. music, film, etc.)
during vacation; during the holidays; during one's break; (temporarily) closed; on break
personal (affairs, reasons, etc.)
ginger (Zingiber officinale)
classbook; yearbook; graduation album
vaporization; vaporisation; evaporation
sweet half sake; sweet drink made from fermented rice
New Year's Day; New Year's morning; morning of New Year's Day
to kidnap; to abduct; to force to go to (e.g. an event)
instead; but (on the other hand)
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
stupid; half-witted; dull-witted; blockhead; idiot; dimwit
to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm
(act of) encouragement; stimulus; incentive
boss (esp. yakuza); foreman
going public (with a matter); becoming public knowledge; recourse to litigation; taking (a matter) to court
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better
ceremony held at the end of a school term; end-of-term ceremony
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
raging fire; conflagration
to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting
cocoa (beverage, cocoa solids); hot chocolate
to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out
to be completely absorbed in; to fall for (something)
unrequited love; one-sided love
to sever relations (with somebody; esp. a relative or spouse); to break off (with)